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Motorcycle part
Answer for the clue "Motorcycle part ", 8 letters:
throttle
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Word definitions for throttle in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Throttle \Throt"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Throttled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Throttling .] To compress the throat of; to choke; to strangle. Grant him this, and the Parliament hath no more freedom than if it sat in his noose, which, when he pleases to draw together ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 A valve that regulates the supply of fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine and thus controls its speed; a similar valve that controls the air supply to an engine. 2 The lever or pedal that controls this valve. 3 The windpipe ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"strangle to death," c.1400, probably from Middle English throte "throat" (see throat ) + -le , perhaps a frequentive suffix (as in spark / sparkle ), or a utensil suffix (as in handle ), or simply to distinguish it from throat (v.), which in late 14c. ...
Usage examples of throttle.
The ease with which he could have strangled her, throttled the smugness swimming in accusatory preservative behind her goggle glasses.
This was brooker country, not quite Seahaven, and Trouble touched the throttle, increasing her speed as she passed a fenced-in schoolyard.
Farebrother set the throttle a fraction forward and switched on the magnetos and battery, the instruments sprang to life.
We did the engine run-up, checked both magnetos, then set flaps and pushed the throttle all the way in.
Colonel Manesh lowered the flaps and applied full throttle, still keeping his feet against the brake pedals.
With his wingman glued to his right, Manesh pushed the throttles to the forward stops and the Flogger accelerated to Mach 1.
Although all he needed to taxi the craft were minor throttle adjustments and use of the rudder pedals, which directly controlled the nose-wheel, Manesh curled the fingers of his left hand around the control stick and thanked Allah and the engineers at Mikoyan-Gurevich for having designed such a long control column.
General Manesh applied throttle and taxied his Mig-29 out of the bunker.
Carmen shoved on the throttle, but even as she cut the drive the nose flipped up again, overshooting level by a meter or so.
If you are in an oversteer situation and come off the throttle too quickly, the rear end of the car will be gone.
If there is a grass surface at the edge of the road be prepared to quickly correct any oversteer that might follow and be ready to ease back on the throttle a little if your tires lose traction.
Chagrined, he reduced throttle and looked around as the wind roared past the paneless window.
From the violent paradisaical dreams he remembered, and the heavy, throttled sense of incipient pain, he knew that the taper fumes had been used to keep him asleep.
The big Avenger slanted down, the wind noise increasing in pitch and volume, and Phillips with his left hand, not looking, retrimmed it for the power glide and occasionally pulled the throttle back slightly to keep the manifold pressure from building up.
The first thing to do in such a case, I remembered old Flight Sergeant Norris telling us, is to reduce throttle setting from cruise speed to a slower setting, to give maximum flight endurance.